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Science 25 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5594, pp. 719 - 721
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5594.719b
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EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS:
Jumbled DNA Separates Chimps and Humans

Elizabeth Pennisi

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND--New research reported here last week at the American Society for Human Genetics meeting suggests that the DNA of humans and chimps might not be quite as similar as researchers have believed it to be for the last 30 years. A closer look has uncovered nips and tucks in homologous sections of DNA that weren't noticed in previous studies.

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